Charles Cox | From Venice with Love
It is somewhat ironic that Nashville painter Charles Cox creates sweeping vistas of Venice’s Grand Canal, among other things, in a tiny upstairs room in the Bellevue condo he shares with Joyce, his wife of fifty-two years. Cream-colored carpet covers …
Larry Carlton | All the Right Notes
Larry Carlton’s guitar on the Steely Dan track “Kid Charlemagne” is often cited as evidence of his musical mastery. It is, of course, a masterpiece, certified by Rolling Stone, no less, as among the greatest rock guitar solos of all …
Martha Ingram | In Her Own Words
Imagine for a moment that the Schermerhorn Symphony Center does not stand proudly over 1 Symphony Place. Envision TPAC as nothing more than a multi-level parking garage. Now, tear down the Center for the Performing Arts at Vanderbilt’s Blair School …
The Symphony Rising
When a boat takes on water, you bail and then reseal. A symphony hall is a bit more complicated.
By the time the flood crested in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center—8 p.m. on Monday, May 3—the waters were of Titanic …
Publisher’s Note | January 2011
When the Nashville Symphony celebrated the grand opening of Schermerhorn Symphony Center a little more than four years ago, I couldn’t have imagined a more exciting occasion. But in many ways, the reopening of our concert hall this New Year’s …




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